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James "Jim" Butterfield (born 1 September 1950 in
Hamilton, Bermuda Hamilton is the capital city of the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda, and the main settlement of Pembroke Parish. A port city, Hamilton is Bermuda's financial and commercial centre, and a popular tourist destination. Its population of ...
) was a rower for
Bermuda Bermuda is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean. The closest land outside the territory is in the American state of North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. Bermuda is an ...
at the
1972 Olympics 1972 Olympics refers to both: *1972 Winter Olympics, which were held in Sapporo, Japan *1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 (; ), were an ...
. As of 2015, is the only person to ever represent Bermuda in rowing at the Olympics. He also represented Bermuda in the marathon at the
1978 Commonwealth Games The 1978 Commonwealth Games were held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, from 3 to 12 August, two years after the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal, Quebec. They were boycotted by Nigeria, in protest at New Zealand's sporting contacts with a ...
, finishing 17th. His son
Tyler Butterfield Tyler Barbour Butterfield (born February 12, 1983) is a Bermudian road cyclist and triathlete. He became Bermuda's first ever professional triathlete in 2002. He was voted Bermuda's male athlete of the year in 2006 and 2013. Butterfield was the ...
was a two-time Olympic triathlete for Bermuda while James himself finished 7th at the 1981 Ironman World Championship. He previously attended
Northeastern University Northeastern University (NU or NEU) is a private university, private research university with its main campus in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was founded by the Boston Young Men's Christian Association in 1898 as an all-male instit ...
.


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1950 births Living people Bermudian male triathletes Bermudian male rowers Rowers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for Bermuda Bermudian male marathon runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Bermuda {{Bermuda-rowing-bio-stub